Some people have generously manipulated the audio to change what word you'll hear.

She tweeted: "What do you hear?!". People who hear laurel are hearing a syllabic l in the second syllable, which has some similarities to the vowel sound at the end of yanny. But it's still most certainly "laurel". Kind of like an optical illusion, but with audio.

Maybe the great "Yanny or Laurel" debate of 2018 will see both of these names feature more prominently in next year's rankings. If the volume is turned down low, there's a higher chance one might hear "yanny" because the bass is not as prominent.

Remember the heated online debate over the colour - blue and black, or white and gold - of a dress? But some sharp-eared users pointed out that listening for the lower register yields in hearing the "Laurel".

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